That “mano dura” approach has shown limited results. The homicide rate in 2024 dropped nearly 20 percent — but figures remain ...

It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an ...

Leonidas Iza, Ecuador’s presidential candidate with the Indigenous-aligned Pachakutik political movement, outlines his vision ...

Putumayo is a land in turmoil with Indigenous land defenders on one side, and corporate interests on the other.

While illegal immigration involves dangers and risks, many are willing to travel through several countries and continents ...

Voting in Ecuador is mandatory. On Thursday, thousands of inmates who await sentencing cast ballots at voting centers set up in more than 40 prisons. Despite the multiple options from which to choose ...

President Daniel Noboa hopes to secure a full four-year term but faces concerns over high crime and economic issues.

Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.

Colombia President Gustavo Petro's call for updated trade agreements with major partners aims to stop international companies ...

In Brazil, education emerges as the top factor influencing cognitive decline, revealing significant health disparities ...

S tudents in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law spent a week of their winter break in ...